Ovidilio Vásquez is a National Leadership Keynote Speaker. He went from being a farmboy raised in a poor village in the sugarcane fields of Central America to working for global companies like; Apple, Uber, Salesforce, Tesla, and General Motors. 

Despite being labeled "at-risk" Ovi graduated from High School in three short years. He earned his B.A. in Business Management and is a TEDx speaker on Self-Leadership. Ovi has published six books —including a #1 Best-seller on Amazon™ and has been a recurrent On-air collaborator for Univision. 

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This year's Latino Summit will be back in-person and after two years of a global pandemic, and countless other challenges, we are kicking the summit off right! 

This year's keynote speaker will be award-winning author Pascuala Herrera. Herrera brings a unique perspective to the Latino empowerment conversation. Her story will surely serve to inspire the next generation. 

​The following is a short excerpt from her website. 

​Este año el Latino Summit volverá en persona y después de dos años de una pandemia mundial y muchos otros desafíos. ¡Estamos iniciando nuestro evento de la mejor manera!

La oradora principal de este año será la galardonada autora Pascuala Herrera. Herrera aporta una perspectiva única a la conversación sobre el empoderamiento Latino. Su historia seguramente servirá para inspirar a la próxima generación.

El siguiente es un breve extracto de su sitio web.

​​​Pascuala Herrera, a Mexican immigrant woman with a physical disability resulting from childhood polio, had the odds against her, yet she conquered simply by working hard, having unfailing faith, and finding her own life purpose.  Although her mother always told her that “life was a valley of tears,” Pascuala learned that although there were many difficult moments in her life, there were also beautiful miracles that happened every day.

Pascuala Herrera tells her life’s narrative with honest painful stories, simple yet joyous triumphs, and humor that will lead all readers to embrace their own struggles and realize that life is “Not Always a Valley of Tears.”   From being a child crawling in the streets of her pueblo in Mexico to becoming a successful educator in the United States, she proved that everything is possible.  This autobiography covers many facets of the human experience– race, health, disability, religion, poverty, immigration, access to medical care, education, disability rights, miscarriage, adoption, and much more.

For more information and a list of Pascuala's published works, we encourage you to visit her website at the link below.

Pascuala Herrera, una mujer inmigrante mexicana con una discapacidad física resultante de la poliomielitis infantil, tenía todas las probabilidades en su contra, pero logró lo que muchos no pueden simplemente trabajando mucho, teniendo una fe inquebrantable y encontrando su propio propósito de vida. Aunque su madre siempre le decía que “la vida era un valle de lágrimas”, Pascuala aprendió que, aunque hubo muchos momentos difíciles en su vida, también hubo hermosos milagros que sucedían todos los días.

Pascuala Herrera cuenta su vida con historias honestas y dolorosas, triunfos simples pero alegres y con humor que llevará a todos los lectores a aceptar sus propias dificultades y darse cuenta de que la vida "No siempre es un valle de lágrimas". De ser una niña gateando por las calles de su pueblo en México a convertirse en una educadora exitosa en los Estados Unidos, demostró que todo es posible. Esta autobiografía cubre muchas facetas de la experiencia humana: raza, salud, discapacidad, religión, pobreza, inmigración, acceso a la atención médica, educación, derechos de las personas con discapacidades, aborto espontáneo, adopción y mucho más.

​Para más información y una lista de sus publicaciones, les invitamos a visitar su página web. 

On November 22, 2019 we will celebrate our culture, pride and educational aspirations through our annual Latino Summit. Latinx professional and student panelists from across the Chicagoland area will meet at Harper College to inspire and mentor the next generation of Latinx leaders. Our opening ceremonies will feature the co-founder of the Latino Summit, Dr. Claudia Rueda-Alvarez, in addition to other speakers and performances.  More information to come, so stay tuned! ​

On November 17, 2017 we celebrated another successful Latino Summit. We had panelists from across the Chicagoland area. Our opening ceremonies featured a keynote from Illinios lieutenant governor, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Traditional Folkloric performances from The Maine East Latino Club from Maine East High School and The Latin American New Roots Dance Club From Barrington High School.

We have compiled a photo album of this year's events. Please enjoy!

How to submit.
Deadline for submissions is October 12, 2017.
Click on the "Video Documentary" button to go to the Latino Summit Documentary page. 
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 DREAMer’s Roadmap is an app developed by Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca to help undocumented students find financial aide to go to college. 

​Read teh full article below:
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/03/new-app-helps-undocumented-immigrants-find-college-scholarships

Lorenzo Santillan es uno de los miembros del equipo que construyó un vehículo submarino operado por control remoto (ROV, por sus siglas en ingles) para poder participar en el Campeonato de Centros de Tecnología ROV en Santa Barbara, CA en el 2004. Varios estudiantes y familias del Distrito 214 pudieron ver Lorenzo dar una presentación el pasado, 6 de abril en el Forest View Educational Center.

http://eghsfamiliasunidas.weebly.com/blog/lorenzo-santillan-visita-el-distrito-214

Medicina Academy Apprentice Program (MAAP) and Latino Health Science Enrichment Program (LAHSEP) are two programs sponsored by UIC designed to help Latino High School Students prepare for professions in the medical field. 
If you are interested, you must apply before the deadline of the program you would like. To learn more or to apply click on the button below.  

PROGRAM DEADLINES
MAAP
3/17/2016 

​LAHSEP
Track 1 - 2/14/2016
Track 2 - 2/14/2016 ​
Track 3 - 2/14/2016 ​ 

Medicina Academy Apprentice Program (MAAP) ​

Latino Health Science Enrichment Program (LAHSEP)